Schwarber's 408-Foot Bomb Robs Mets of a Comeback Win

Kyle Schwarber crushed a two-run homer 408 feet to center in the seventh inning, erasing a one-run Mets lead and swinging the win probability 37 points in Philadelphia's favor. The Phillies walked out of New York with a 5-4 win after blowing a three-run lead and then taking it right back.

Philadelphia looked like it had this one wrapped up early. A sacrifice fly from Harper, a two-run double from Bohm, and a run-scoring single from Marsh turned the third inning into a three-run avalanche — PHI 3, NYM 0 — before New York had even blinked. Jesus Luzardo did his part to protect it, going five innings and allowing just one earned run on four hits while striking out six. The Phillies' formula was working.

Then New York woke up. A Benge single in the fifth plated Taylor to make it 3-1, and the sixth inning unraveled fast. A.J. Ewing launched a 382-foot two-run shot to right center that knotted the game at three, and before the inning was over, Benge grounded into a fielder's choice that scored Baty — suddenly it was 4-3 Mets, and the home crowd had every reason to feel good. Kodai Senga had held Philadelphia to two earned runs over five innings, and Tobias Myers came on to close it out. That plan did not survive contact with Schwarber.

With the Mets holding a 72% win probability in the seventh, Schwarber turned on a pitch and sent it 408 feet to center, Crawford scoring ahead of him, and just like that the probability flipped to 35% for New York. The swing of 37 points in a single at-bat is the story of this game — the Phillies didn't grind back, they detonated. Jose Alvarado came on and threw a clean inning, striking out two on one hit to close it out. Schwarber finished 2-for-5 with the homer, two RBI, and two runs scored. Ewing was the best hitter on the losing side — 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBI — but his sixth-inning heroics ended up being a footnote. The news that Senga is being moved to the bullpen after this performance appears to frame the Mets' broader struggles well: one step forward, one very long home run back.